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Takings Liability And Coastal Management In Massachusetts, Melissa Chalek
Takings Liability And Coastal Management In Massachusetts, Melissa Chalek
Marine Affairs Institute Staff Publications
No abstract provided.
Responding To Nuisance Flooding Of Coastal Highways: Options For Massachusetts Municipalities, Melissa Chalek
Responding To Nuisance Flooding Of Coastal Highways: Options For Massachusetts Municipalities, Melissa Chalek
Marine Affairs Institute Staff Publications
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Legal Issues Affecting Blue Carbon Projects On Publicly-Owned Coastal Wetlands, Read Porter, Cody Katter, Cory Lee
Legal Issues Affecting Blue Carbon Projects On Publicly-Owned Coastal Wetlands, Read Porter, Cody Katter, Cory Lee
Sea Grant Law Fellow Publications
Coastal wetlands play an important role in sequestering atmospheric carbon, but these ecosystems are under threat from sea level rise, land use conversion, and other causes. Restoration projects in coastal wetlands can provide a range of benefits for habitat and ecosystems, including by increasing sequestration of “blue carbon.” Coastal wetland restoration projects that effectively sequester carbon and meet the requirements of the voluntary carbon market can generate tradeable carbon offsets, which have a monetary value and can be used to finance all or part of the restoration needed to generate them. Blue carbon offsets thus represent a promising tool to …